FWIW: Many professional players these days are playing triple horns. A triple horn
adds the tubing-length of a mellophone as an option that is engaged with a thumb
trigger. Phil Myers, principal horn of the NY Phil, has stated that since he started
using the triple, his accuracy has improved dra
> Kind of silly, but we love the horn, in spite of its flaws (or
> perhaps because of them!)
>
> Christopher
Not silly in the least. I know people in the recording business who are
already convinced that operatic singing is outdated and unnecessary simply
because today's technologies in sound rein
At 9:49 AM +0200 2/24/04, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
> The narrow, cookie-cutter rim on a horn mouthpiece doesn't help with
reliability, either.
What would happen if you put a trumpet mouthpiece on a horn? Obviously it
would be worse, but in what way, since you say the present horn mouthpiece
d
The cup shape of a trumpet mouthpiece doesn't lend itself to playing in
the extreme upper register of the overtone series. That's why trumpet
players have to work so hard to play above high-C. Put a horn
mouthpiece into a trumpet and the high notes pop out (not
well-controlled, but easy to pr
> The narrow, cookie-cutter rim on a horn mouthpiece doesn't help with
> reliability, either.
What would happen if you put a trumpet mouthpiece on a horn? Obviously it
would be worse, but in what way, since you say the present horn mouthpiece
doesn't help with reliability?
Liudas
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At 3:24 PM -0500 2/23/04, Andrew Stiller wrote:
I have long wondered whether or not the french horn could be
considered the most difficult orchestral instrument to master.
Liudas
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The bore of a horn is the same length as that of a bass trombone.
Yo
I have long wondered whether or not the french horn could be
considered the most difficult orchestral instrument to master.
Liudas
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The bore of a horn is the same length as that of a bass trombone.
Because the harmonics come so close together at the
Personally, I thought the cello was much more difficult than the horn,
when I was studying both. However, once you have mastered it it is much
more predictable. The horn is not the most difficult, but it is perhaps
the most unreliable. All brass players miss notes, but it tends to be
more notic
Please don't, especially horn players on this list, take this as an insult
in any way, but I have long wondered whether or not the french horn could be
considered the most difficult orchestral instrument to master. I often
notice that besides piccolo and clarinet in high registers it is almost a
ru
